Gibbs, Jetta, Happy To Play Anywhere
The "Brett Chalmers Rule", as it might as well be called, is something that every AFL draftee would know about. You can't tell clubs you won't play for them, thereby tampering with the draft.
While the headlines of Gibbs, Jetta and others saying they will play anywhere is big news now the real test will come in two years time.
Go back to 1994 with White, A Rocca and Grant in the top 3. All went interstate, all went back to Victoria. Headland went number 1 to Brisbane in 1998, and like plenty of Lions he went back to his home state.
But there is also Judd, Cooney, Pavlich and many more who stayed with the club that drafted them.
The AFL clubs can interview the draft prospects about their willingness to move interstate, but the players have to say they would move and the truth will only come out when their first contract expires.
While the headlines of Gibbs, Jetta and others saying they will play anywhere is big news now the real test will come in two years time.
Go back to 1994 with White, A Rocca and Grant in the top 3. All went interstate, all went back to Victoria. Headland went number 1 to Brisbane in 1998, and like plenty of Lions he went back to his home state.
But there is also Judd, Cooney, Pavlich and many more who stayed with the club that drafted them.
The AFL clubs can interview the draft prospects about their willingness to move interstate, but the players have to say they would move and the truth will only come out when their first contract expires.
